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Imo State governor sacks IMSU Vice Chancellor, Obasi
Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Friday approved the recommendation for the sacking of the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri, Prof Adaobi Obasi.
Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Oguwike Nwachukwu, said in a…
Katsina Abduction: We are not willing to return to school — schoolboys
Schoolboys abducted at the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, have lamented the sufferings they went through in their kidnappers’ den.
Hundreds of the schoolboys were kidnapped by suspected bandits on…
LASU increases school fees by over 120 per cent
Lagos State University, LASU, has increased school fees for incoming 100 Level students by over 120 per cent.
The school said the old students would continue to pay the initial N25,000 until they graduate from the institution…
Why we’ve not suspended nine-months strike by ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities said on Wednesday that no understanding qas reached with the government to suspend the lingering strike action on December 9, 2020.
The union said it rather gave conditions that must be…
NCE asked to allow flexible academic calendar to accommodate children of farmers
By Michy Abraham
The National Council of Education (NCE) has been advised to make academic calendar flexible in order to accommodate children of peasant farmers who drop out of school during harvest seasons.
Making the call on Tuesday…
NANS President to engage FG, ASUU to resolve lingering strike
The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students,NANS, Sunday Asefon, has promised to liaise with the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities for amicable resolution of the impasse.
Asefon…
National Open University gets new Vice Chancellor
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has elected a Professor of Chemistry, Olufemi Peters, as its new Vice-Chancellor.
A statement issued on Friday by NOUN Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, said…
Bayelsa private schools to waive first term fees
Private schools in Bayelsa State will not charge first term school fees for the 2020/2021 academic session.
The decision was reached at a meeting between the state Ministry of Education and the National Association of Proprietors of…
University of Ibadan to get Acting VC on monday
Barring last minute change to the directive of the National Universities Commission to the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan, an Acting Vice-chancellor (VC) of the institution will emerge monday.
According to the NUC,…
ASUU Strike: FG offers N65 billion, suspends IPPIS
The federal government, on Friday, shifted grounds and made some concessions to university lecturers (ASUU) as it offered N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of the lecturers’ demands.
The government also agreed…